Vol 52 No 1 | ZAMBIA Challenging Banda 7th January 2011 President Rupiah Banda is facing an increasingly strong challenge in the upcoming elections since Michael Sata’s Patriotic Front (PF) made common cause with the United Party for National...
Vol 4 (AAC) No 2 | ZIMBABWEASIA Rust never sleeps 27th December 2010 After much stalling, the first privatisation deal with the Zimbabwe government has finally been sealed. An estimated 53% of the country’s largest public company, the Zimbabwe Iron and...
Vol 51 No 25 | ZIMBABWE The wiles of a crocodile, the memory of an elephant 17th December 2010 The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front will put on a show of unity and loyalty to President Mugabe at this week’s congress in Mutare. Despite the protestations, the party is divided over who should succeed eventually Mugabe as leader. Most activists support Vice-President Mujuru but the securocrats back Defence Minister Mnangagwa. Mugabe, however, knows that he will be the party’s presidential candidate yet again in the 2011 elections. The Zimbabwe African National Union-Patriotic Front has assembled in Mutare in full battle array for its annual party congress on 15-18 December. General mobilisations, once started, take on...
Vol 51 No 25 | ZIMBABWE One farm good, four farms better 17th December 2010 The 2011 elections are billed as the fourth and final Chimurenga (revolutionary struggle) to consolidate the gains of the revolutionary process. Nowhere have the gains been more substantial...
Vol 51 No 24 | ANGOLAUNITED STATES Closing the laundries 3rd December 2010 Angola is considering retaliating against United States' companies and the US Embassy in Luanda over the Bank of America's closure of its Washington Embassy accounts, we hear. It is insisting...
Vol 51 No 24 | MADAGASCAR The next revolt 3rd December 2010 The curious rebellion on 17 November by a score of soldiers was defused when the rebels, who had been surrounded, surrendered peacefully. No military units had joined them;...
Vol 51 No 24 | SOUTH AFRICA Why Nyanda had to go 3rd December 2010 When President Jacob Zuma reshuffled his cabinet last month, he fired the powerful Communications Minister, General Siphiwe Nyanda. We can reveal that Nyanda fell out of favour for refusing to support...
Vol 51 No 24 | ZIMBABWE Cranswick and Marange 3rd December 2010 A key player in the Marange diamond fields dispute, businessman Andrew Cranswick, has been declared bankrupt in Australia after failing to pay a tax demand of Aus$1.1 million (US$1.07 mn.). Cranswick...
Vol 51 No 23 | ZIMBABWEDIAMONDS A multi-faceted business 19th November 2010 Intrigue over the ownership and profits from the rich Marange diamond fields is causing dissension in State House The growing political crisis over the management of the rich Marange diamond fields shows how important this huge new revenue source is for President Robert Mugabe, politically and...
Vol 51 No 23 | ZIMBABWE Old crocodile, younger croc 19th November 2010 Grace Mugabe, widely known as the country’s First Shopper, has, like Marie-Antoinette, a penchant for diamonds and playing at milkmaids. Her model farm, Gushongo Dairy, is so named...